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Israel—1st day
3/25/2012 1:37:12 PM by: Elsi

We breezed through security and customs at the Ben Gurion airport this afternoon (well, late morning by body clock time). Then spent over an hour driving through heavy traffic to Netanya, which means "God gives." We're in the King Solomon Hotel, 4-stars by Israeli standards. It's clean, and the food is excellent, and all the rooms look out upon the Mediterranean Sea. We went wading there this evening (Israel is 9 hours later than Colorado), ate supper, and had a brief meeting before collapsing into our beds.
Tomorrow we drive farther up the coast, then across to the Sea of Galilee. Our guide Sheila is tremendously knowledgeable about the Bible and this country, and our group leaders—Graydon Jessup and Stu Ritscher—have an in-depth wisdom about the history and Scripture that enthralls me!
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